Top five March 10 to 16: Social Media, blogs and community journalism

Top five March 10 to 16: Social Media, blogs and community journalism

After a period of absence the top five is back. Again you get an overview of five very interesting articles which provide more insight into the online opportunities. This week a lot of attention for Social Media and how you deal with it, including blogging and blogcomments. Last but not least an article about ‘community journalism’.

1. How to build a successful news blog: 10 information sources you can use (March 13th)
Website: DoshDosh
Daily many new blogs appear on the web. If you want to set up a successful blog (with a lot of high-quality content and visitors) that’s a lot of hard work. In an extensive post DoshDosh gives 10 important tips. Tip of the week!

2. Social Media Campaign vs. Social Media Strategy (March 10th)
Website: Ignite Social Media
How to use Social Media is not clear to everyone. Similarly, the difference between a campaign and a strategy is not always clear. At Ignite, Jim Tobin explains the difference.

3. Link Building Via Blog Comments : Is It Spamming Or Not? (March 12th)
Website: Searchenginejournal
Maybe you wonder why I want to go to the Search Engine Strategies in the coming week. Searchenginewatch gives seven reasons why one should visit the Congress. And could even think of seven more…

4. Nine Essential Tactics For Reputation Management In Social Media (March 13th)
Website: Searchengineland
Your online reputation is becoming increasingly important. Not only for individuals but also for organizations. On Searchengineland Marty Weintraub, following his presentation on SMX, talks about how to use tactics herein.

5. Journalism in the Hands of the Neighborhood (March 10th)
Website: The New York Times
‘Citizen journalism’, that is what the gathering and dissemination of news content on the Web by users is called. There are many people who have a problem with this term and the phenomenon. In the New York Times a nice article on the "Mobilizing Media Project in Philadelphia which is all about ’community journalism’.